Winners of 2023 Anita F. Boorda Scholarship Announced

Luce, Moody, and Prathaftakis

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County has announced the recipients of this year’s Anita F. Boorda Scholarship for the Performing Arts: Grace Luce, Warsaw Community High School, who plans to study musical theater at Indiana University Bloomington; Abigail Moody, Clay, who plans to study musical theater at Indiana University South Bend, and Nikolas Prathaftakis, Rochester Community School, who plans to study theater at Purdue University Ft. Wayne.

This highly competitive scholarship provides recipients who plan to pursue a degree in Performing Arts, Music, Theatre, Dance, or Production with $2,500 in tuition support. This scholarship is renewable for up to four years.

The Anita F. Boorda Scholarship for the Performing Arts was established by the Broadway Theatre League to honor their beloved former Executive Director. During her tenure with BTL, Anita was responsible for contracting shows, marketing, negotiating with unions, and maintaining contact with New York touring and production companies. Her efforts led to South Bend becoming a regular stop on the New York touring circuit. This scholarship aims to support students from St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko, Fulton, Pulaski, Starke or LaPorte Counties in Indiana or Berrien and Cass Counties in Michigan who plan to purse a degree in Performing Arts, Music, Theatre, Dance, or Production through a full-time course of study. Reflecting the passion of Anita, preference is given to students engaged in the performing arts during their high school careers.

For more information about this and other Community Foundation scholarships, visit our Scholarships page.